The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television “Television’s newest odd couple” was how one journalist described madcap inventor Dr. Jeffcoate and his 15-year-old neighbour Andrew Clements, to whom the doctor accidentally gave superhuman powers and then spent 72 half-hour episodes trying not to let the world know what he’d done, while Andrew […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television In November 1986, CTV executives and directors went before the CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television Commission) to seek a renewal of the network’s licence. It was perceived that the Commission would be looking for something more in the Canadian drama category than the network currently had planned. This state […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 to 1989 Broadcast Medium: Television Former All-Pro defensive lineman Lyle Alzado, who played for the Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns and L.A. Raiders, starred as Robert Randall, school vice-principal by day and Masked Maniac the Wrestler by night in this series, which may have been approved by the National Wrestling Alliance. […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television Take one German shepherd and one cop. Call the cop Katts. Hey presto! A half-hour television series. This one did pretty well for CTV, with Rudy the dog (real name Rudolph von Holstein III) using his nose and his dogged determination to help his master catch […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television “5-4-3-2-RUN was a Q-A ‘goo’ game for kids”, remembers host (now lawyer) Andrew Cochrane. “It was in no way intended to be educational…a wrong answer meant that blue goo would descend upon the contestant to the delight of their peers. The goo was kept at […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1987 to 1992 Broadcast Medium: Television The Rockets in this children’s Saturday morning television series were a group of young performers aspiring to careers in show business – and were played by a talented bunch of youngsters who were making confident steps in that direction themselves. Michael Golden, Robynne Kazima, Simon […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1987 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television British film cameraman/writer/director and naturalist John Stoneman always loved “critters”, and especially the swimming variety. As an environmentalist, John was very concerned about the effect on marine life of over-fishing, pollution run-offs and many other examples of man’s encroachment on his beloved sea creatures’ native […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1986 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Another of several crime series produced for CTV by Alliance Entertainment (prior to their merger with Atlantis), Hot Shots followed the fictional adventures of two reporters working for Crime World Magazine. The lead roles were played by Booth Savage as Jason West, and Dorothy Parke […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1987 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television This half-hour children’s series was a combination of sitcom and documentary. It depicted the adventures of a group of youngsters who ran a neighbourhood newspaper – called “Extra, Extra” – out of a converted Montreal garage. The sitcom part lay in the interaction between […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1986 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Intended to provide an outlet for all those people who wanted to say “What bugs me most is……….”, Pet Peeves was a good idea in a vain search for a viable format. Despite the earnest efforts of comedic actor Harvey Atkin as host, Pet Peeves […]